Large Fire Near Linthicum/Lansdowne Area?

[Mr H]

Saw from the beltway, but had to exit before getting near.

Did the Taco Bell go up again?

 

[Mini14tac]

Saw from the beltway, but had to exit before getting near.

Did the Taco Bell go up again?

Yeah, maybe it was a toilet fire???

 

[pbharvey]

Warehouse in halethorpe.
Three alarms.

 

[foodpoison]

Adell plastics is what I heard

 

[jcutonilli]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-warehouse-fire-20161004-story.html

 

[Mack C-85]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-warehouse-fire-20161004-story.html

Gotta' love them news guys...Picture Caption: "Crews from Baltimore County.." The Ladder Truck on the right is an Anne Arundel County unit!!!

Later in article they do mention mutual aid companies.

These kind of calls used to be total clusters 'cause nobody had compatible radio systems...post 9/11 money fixed most of that.

They usually still are clusters, they can just talk to each other about them now.

 

[Mr H]

Gotta' love them news guys...Picture Caption: "Crews from Baltimore County.." The Ladder Truck on the right is an Anne Arundel County unit!!!

Later in article they do mention mutual aid companies.

These kind of calls used to be total clusters 'cause nobody had compatible radio systems...post 9/11 money fixed most of that.

They usually still are clusters, they can just talk to each other about them now.

Not surprised AACo pitched in... this was pretty much on the border.

I did have BaltCo units pass me on the Beltway back as far as I-70

 

[HordesOfKailas]

I heard warehouse fire on the radio. The smoke was very visible from the West side of I-195.

 

[Dave MP]

Gotta' love them news guys...Picture Caption: "Crews from Baltimore County.." The Ladder Truck on the right is an Anne Arundel County unit!!!

Later in article they do mention mutual aid companies.

These kind of calls used to be total clusters 'cause nobody had compatible radio systems...post 9/11 money fixed most of that.

They usually still are clusters, they can just talk to each other about them now.

Wish the National Guard had bought into this.

 

[Mack C-85]

That's one thing I'll say is political boundaries pretty much disappear nowadays. Wasn't like that back in the seventies and early 80s. Especially with the city.

I spent some time at Maryland City back in the eighties. In our first due we were the only AACOFD company.... PG; Howard; & Fort Meade. Everybody had different hydrant threads. We carried three adaptors on our hydrant valves. If you lead off, you just kept trying and chucking until you found the one that worked!!

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[Mack C-85]

Wish the National Guard had bought into this.

Most of the counties have mobile command units now that can link up just about any frequency you throw at them.

This is AACOFD MCCU 1. This unit spent 15 days post Katrina as the dispatch for an entire Parrish on the Gulf.

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[POP57]

That's one thing I'll say is political boundaries pretty much disappear nowadays. Wasn't like that back in the seventies and early 80s. Especially with the city.

I spent some time at Maryland City back in the eighties. In our first due we were the only AACOFD company.... PG; Howard; & Fort Meade. Everybody had different hydrant threads. We carried three adaptors on our hydrant valves. If you lead off, you just kept trying and chucking until you found the one that worked!!

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..and don't forget, we got to ride the back step in those days.

 

[Applehd]

Dieselfool and I were about to pull out on Annapolis Rd. when the first engine flew past(12:10ish). We went by and I noticed a fair amount of smoke coming out of the corner of the warehouse near the dust collector. Being somewhat familiar with the layout of the building... 1) being local VFF many years ago and many calls to that facility for similar incidents... 2) and delivering to that location as a part of my local delivery route in the past. Things must have turned to shit in a hurry... At lunch at the Nursery Rd. Wendy's, I told DF that they should be ok as long it doesn't spread to the warehouse/loading dock area... A nice young lady with phone skills promptly handed me the phone saying..."Well... it's in the warehouse and loading dock." That thing was bloomin'. So we finished eatin' and mosied over to Tyler's and hung out for a while. Lucky for me that the wind was blowing toward the airport...

 

[pbharvey]

Still burning

 

[RAF]

It was still burning/smoldering about 3:30 this afternoon.

 

[jcutonilli]

That's one thing I'll say is political boundaries pretty much disappear nowadays. Wasn't like that back in the seventies and early 80s. Especially with the city.

I spent some time at Maryland City back in the eighties. In our first due we were the only AACOFD company.... PG; Howard; & Fort Meade. Everybody had different hydrant threads. We carried three adaptors on our hydrant valves. If you lead off, you just kept trying and chucking until you found the one that worked!!

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It is interesting because we started standardizing hydrants and hoses after the Great Baltimore Fire 1904. The National Fire Protection Association adopted a national standard for fire hydrant and hose connections back then. However, conversion was slow and still remains incomplete. One hundred years after the Baltimore Fire, only 18 of the 48 most populous American cities were reported to have national standard fire hydrants.

 

[Blaster229]

It was still burning/smoldering about 3:30 this afternoon.

That ain't nuthin'. Anyone remember the 1983, 9 month tire fire in Winchester, Va?

 

[Mr H]

That ain't nuthin'. Anyone remember the 1983, 9 month tire fire in Winchester, Va?

Can't hang that one on me... I was in NorCal!!